What began as a few hundred environmentalists grew to 100,000–200,000 people in the streets — with diaspora Albanians driving in from the UK, Belgium, and Germany. The demands expanded from canceling the resort to healthcare, education, and Rama's resignation.
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When the protests began, a podcast clip of Ivanka Trump describing her discovery of Sazan Island began circulating widely — and it poured fuel on the fire [1] — Ivanka Trump "Ivanka Trump told a podcast she discovered Sazan Island by swimming ashore and hiking barefoot to the summit. Locals say it's impossible: t…" 05:05 . In the clip, Ivanka recalls stopping for a swim from a friend's yacht, swimming to the island, and hiking barefoot all the way to the top, where she and Jared were 'just captivated.' The problem: Sazan Island is a former communist military headquarters still littered with explosive mines, broken glass, and reportedly inhabited by snakes. When Weissmann shared the story with locals, they said it was categorically impossible. The combination of the implausible claim and the cavalier tone — treating an Albanian island as a personal discovery — infuriated people who saw it as a perfect symbol of how the Kushners view their country.
Sazan Island, which Ivanka Trump claimed to have hiked barefoot, was a military headquarters during the communist era and still has dangerous explosive mines and glass debris scattered across it.
What started as a few hundred protesters from civil society grew to an estimated 100,000–200,000 people, with Albanians coming from the UK, Belgium, and Germany to participate.
Albania is a small country with a population of only 2.4 million people, making protest numbers of 100,000–200,000 especially significant.
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